[Slackbuilds-users] updating dozens/hundreds packages/queues more easily/correctly weekly?

[David Chmelik]

On 4/1/24 9:02 PM, "Lockywolf 
<for_slackbuilds-users_mlist_2023-04-21"@lockywolf.net wrote:
> Jeremy Hansen <jebrhansen+SBo at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 8:07 PM <dchmelik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>   I installed more packages built from SlackBuilds.org (SBo) than urchlay
>>   (a few years ago 1150+, now more) and see after updates, some/many need
>>   most/all dependencies rebuilt but you never know until either building
>>   or using crashes.  Is there a way to keep track and rebuild these
>>   without having to manually load dozens/hundreds queues in sbopkg (nor
>>   use its command-line)--I heard it may be easier with sborepo?  I have no
>>   need for my own repository and want to avoid creating one (other than
>>   just a directory/folder) but are there instructions on updating more
>>   easily/correctly weekly just for users?
>>
>> Simply put, sbopkg does not have any proper way to handle this other than rebuilding the entire tree.
>>
>> The only program I know that decently handles this is slackrepo, but it seems to be best used on a clean
>> machine (either virtual or not), which can be difficult with certain users setups.
>>
>> But I also have only used sbopkg and slackrepo (with the latter used in conjunction with slapt-get to handle
>> dependencies of packages), so others might be better set up for it without me being aware of it.
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
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> Might it be that sboupgrade is what you need?
> Not sure if it can detect broken ldd, but it seems to be able to update
> the deps if the target package needs them.
I already use it but don't think it uses ldd nor detects certain other 
things including (not only) updates such as package-1.0-x86_64-1_SBo to 
package-1.0-x86_64-2_SBo... sbotools hasn't updated since Slackware 14.2 
so fixes may be unlikely.